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Bigger trucks and tax favouring road for freight, rail operators warn

Pacific National's 94 Class locomotives. Image: Pacific National
Pacific National's 94 Class locomotives. Image: Pacific National
  • Posted by Max Berry
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  • 1 December, 2025

A COMBINATION of bigger and more fuel-efficient trucks, under-investment in rail infrastructure and tax arrangements favouring road transport is seeing a decline in rail’s freight transport share, operators have told Australasia’s peak rail conference.

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Posted by Max Berry

Max Berry is a journalist with 30 years’ experience, including freelance reporting for The Age. Most recently, Max has been Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Adviser on the Murray Basin Rail Project.

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